Bronze Age Map: Ancient River Civilizations (3300–1200 BC)

Three millennia of monumental civilization anchored along the fertile banks of the Nile, famed for pyramids, astronomical calendars, and divine kingship.

Media was a political entity centered in Ecbatana that existed from the 7th century BC until the mid-6th century BC and is believed to have dominated a significant portion of the Iranian plateau, preceding the powerful Achaemenid Empire.

Scythia is mapped in the atlas for 650 BCE – 224 BCE, with a peak mapped extent of about 1,687,837 km².

Qin was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.

The Assyrian conquest of Egypt covered a relatively short period of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 673 to 663 BCE.

The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history.

The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou, characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject to the Zhou exercised increasing political autonomy.

Zhou, known as the Later Zhou in historiography, was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty and the last of the Five Dynasties that controlled most of northern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

The Mahājanapadas were sixteen kingdoms and aristocratic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, during the second urbanisation period.

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.

Three millennia of monumental civilization anchored along the fertile banks of the Nile, famed for pyramids, astronomical calendars, and divine kingship.

The Neo-Babylonian Empire or Second Babylonian Empire, historically known as the Chaldean Empire, was the last polity ruled by monarchs native to ancient Mesopotamia.

The Zhou dynasty was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 790 years from c.

Assyria was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed from the 21st to the 7th century BCE which conquered and administered most of West Asia from the Assyrian heartland in Upper Mesopotamia.

Chu was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.

The Akkadian Empire or the Kingdom of Akkad/Agade was an ancient kingdom established around 2300 BCE, often seen as the first empire in world history, succeeding and unifying the long-lived city-states of the Early Dynastic period.

The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt was the last native dynasty of ancient Egypt before the Persian conquest in 525 BC.

Ancient Carthage was an ancient civilization based in North Africa.

Three millennia of monumental civilization anchored along the fertile banks of the Nile, famed for pyramids, astronomical calendars, and divine kingship.

The Hittites were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia.

Lydia was a powerful Iron Age civilization prominent in western Anatolia in the 8th to 6th centuries BCE.

Elam was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Ilam and Khuzestan as well as a small part of modern-day southern Iraq.

Babylonia was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based on the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia.

Elam was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Ilam and Khuzestan as well as a small part of modern-day southern Iraq.

Polis is a term used to refer to Ancient Greek city-states.

Wu was a state during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period, outside the Zhou cultural sphere.

Mitanni or Mittani, earlier called Ḫabigalbat in old Babylonian texts, c.

In classical antiquity, Phrygia was a civilization and kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River.

The Twenty-second Dynasty was an Ancient Egyptian dynasty of 947–713 BC, during the Third Intermediate Period.

Urartu was an ancient civilization and Iron Age kingdom centered on the Armenian highlands between Lake Van, Lake Urmia, and Lake Sevan.

The Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty, was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the 2nd millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dynasty.

Jin, originally known as Tang (唐), was a major state during the middle part of the Zhou dynasty, based near the centre of what was then China, on the lands attributed to the legendary Xia dynasty: the southern part of modern Shanxi.

The Hyksos, in modern Egyptology, were the kings of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

The Gutian dynasty was a line of kings, originating among the Gutian people.

Qi, or Ch'i in Wade–Giles romanization, was a regional state of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, whose rulers held titles of Hou (侯), then Gong (公), before declaring themselves independent Kings (王).

The history of Sumer spans the late fifth to the third millennium BC in southern Mesopotamia, documenting the world's first transition from Neolithic village life to a complex urban civilization.

Yan was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.

Hadhramaut is mapped in the atlas for 700 BCE – 305 CE, with a peak mapped extent of about 98,062 km².

The Early Dynastic Period, also known as Archaic Period or the Thinite Period, is the era of ancient Egypt that immediately follows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in c.

Three millennia of monumental civilization anchored along the fertile banks of the Nile, famed for pyramids, astronomical calendars, and divine kingship.

In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c.

Mycenaean Greece, also called Mycenaean civilization, was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC.

The Etruscans created a civilization in Etruria, in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture, and formed a federation of city-states.

Sheba, or Saba, was an ancient South Arabian kingdom that existed in Yemen before 275 CE.

The Twenty-third Dynasty was an Ancient Egyptian dynasty of ancient Libyan origin which is usually classified as the third dynasty of the ancient Egyptian Third Intermediate Period in modern periodization.

The Greek Dark Ages was a period in Ancient Greece that was characterized by the collapse of Mycenaean civilization, where the palaces and cities of the Mycenaeans were either destroyed, abandoned, or both.

Lu was a vassal state during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China located around modern southwest Shandong.

Tabal, later reorganised into Bīt-Burutaš or Bīt-Paruta, was a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite state which existed in southeastern Anatolia in the Iron Age.

The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic-speaking people who inhabited city-states in Canaan along the Levantine coast of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily in present-day Lebanon.

The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic-speaking people who inhabited city-states in Canaan along the Levantine coast of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily in present-day Lebanon.

The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt was a dynasty of pharaohs that ruled in Upper Egypt during the late Second Intermediate Period, approximately from 1580 to 1550 BC.

The Fifteenth Dynasty was a foreign dynasty of ancient Egypt.

The states called Neo-Hittite, Syro-Hittite, or Luwian-Aramean were Luwian and Aramean regional polities of the Iron Age, situated in southeastern parts of modern Turkey and northwestern parts of modern Syria, known in ancient times as lands of Hatti and Aram.

The Sixteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt was a dynasty of pharaohs that ruled the Theban region in Upper Egypt for 70 years.

The Peloponnesian League was an alliance of ancient Greek city-states, dominated by Sparta and centred on the Peloponnese, which lasted from c.

The Kingdom of Israel was an Israelite kingdom that may have existed in the Southern Levant.

In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c.

The Olmecs or Olmec were an early major Mesoamerican civilization, flourishing in the modern-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco from roughly 1200 to 400 BC during Mesoamerica's formative period.

The First Sealand dynasty (URU.KÙKI), or the 2nd Dynasty of Babylon, very speculatively c.

Colonies in antiquity were post-Iron Age city-states founded from a mother-city or metropolis rather than from a territory-at-large.

Philistia refers to the territory inhabited by the Philistines in Canaan, where they maintained a pentapolis comprising the cities of Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath.

Zheng was a vassal state in China during the Zhou dynasty located in the centre of ancient China in modern-day Henan Province on the North China Plain about 75 miles (121 km) east of the royal capital at Luoyang.

Wei, commonly spelled Wey to distinguish from the contemporary larger Wei (魏) state, was an ancient Chinese state that was founded in the early Western Zhou dynasty and rose to prominence during the Spring and Autumn period.

Zou, originally Zhu or Zhulou, was a minor state that existed during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China.

Anga was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age.

The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture centered on the island of Crete.

Malla was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age.

Aśmaka or Assaka was a Mahajanapada in ancient India which existed between 700 BCE and 425 or 345 BCE according to the Buddhist texts and Puranas.

The Kuru Kingdom was a Vedic Indo-Aryan tribal union in northern India of the Bharata and Puru tribes.

Matsya was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of central India whose existence is attested during the Iron Age.

The kingdom of Surasena was an ancient Indian region corresponding to the present-day Braj region in Uttar Pradesh, with Mathura as its capital city.

The Vajjika or Vrijika League, Confederacy, or Sangha, also called simply Vajji or Vriji, was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribal league which existed during the later Iron Age period in north-east India.

Avanti was an ancient Indian Mahajanapada, roughly corresponding to the present-day Malwa region.

The Kambojas were a southeastern Iranian people who inhabited the northeastern most part of the territory populated by Iranian tribes, which bordered the Indian lands.

Chen was a state founded by Duke Hu of Chen during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China.

Magadha was a region and kingdom in ancient India, based in the eastern Ganges Plain.

Kāśī was an ancient kingdom of India whose existence is attested during the Iron Age.

Kosala (IPA: [koːɕɐlɐ], Sanskrit: कोशल, sometimes referred to as Uttara Kosala was one of the Mahajanapadas of ancient India.

Gandhāra was an Iron Age Indo-Aryan kingdom of northwestern South Asia.

Panchala was an ancient kingdom of northern India, located in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab of the upper gangetic plain, which is identified as Kanyakubja or region around Kannauj.

Xu, also called Xu Rong (徐戎) or Xu Yi (徐夷) by its enemies, was an independent Huaiyi state of the Chinese Bronze Age that was ruled by a branch of the Ying family (嬴) and controlled much of the Huai River valley for at least two centuries.

Cedī was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of central India whose existence is attested during the Iron Age.

Teng was a minor Chinese vassal state that existed during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, located in the south of modern-day Shandong province.

The Kingdom of Judah was an Israelite kingdom of the Southern Levant during the Iron Age.

Vatsa or Vamsa was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas of Uttarapatha of ancient India mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.

The State of Cao was a vassal state in China during the Zhou dynasty.

Cai was an ancient Chinese state established at the beginning of the Zhou dynasty, rising to prominence during the Spring and Autumn period, and destroyed early in the Warring States period.

The Roman Kingdom, also known as the Roman monarchy and the regal period of ancient Rome, was the earliest period of Roman history, when the city and its territory were ruled by kings.